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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does K. find in Klamm's sleigh in the courtyard?
(a) Klamm's brother.
(b) A coachman.
(c) A valet.
(d) Klamm's new mistress.

2. What reason does K. suggest for the landlady's reluctance to have him talk to Klamm?
(a) That she is employed by Klamm.
(b) That she is protecting Klamm.
(c) That she is protecting her daughter.
(d) That she doesn't want K. to get in trouble.

3. What answer does K. get when he calls the Castle himself for permission to visit?
(a) He is told no.
(b) He is told he must fill out the right forms.
(c) He is told he must wait three days.
(d) He is told he can come at once.

4. Who leases the inn to the landlady and landlord?
(a) Klamm.
(b) The Count.
(c) The landlady's father.
(d) The landlord's uncle.

5. How does K. get to see Klamm?
(a) By passing him on the street.
(b) By looking through a peephole.
(c) By sitting next to him at the restaurant.
(d) By rushing into his office unannounced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Artur and Jeremias look like?

2. What does the chairman offer to contact the Castle for?

3. What does K. tell Schwarzer he is?

4. What color hair does Frieda have?

5. At the end of Chapter VIII, where is K.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does K. give for refusing to let the assistants come back?

2. What does K. believe is the reason that Hans and his family never received favors from Klamm?

3. What does the coachman tell K. about Klamm's arrival at the coach?

4. How does K. react to the gentleman who comes to the coach while K. is there waiting?

5. What impression does Frieda make when K. first meets her?

6. What do Artur and Jeremias know about land surveying?

7. What happens between K. and the assistants after Frieda gets up in the middle of the night at the school?

8. How does K. feel at the end of Chapter VIII?

9. What reason does the teacher give that the chairman wants to help K.?

10. What does Klamm write about K.'s assistants, and how does this compare to the reality of K.'s assistants' roles?

(see the answer keys)

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